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Paperclip
An open-source app for managing AI agents at work: self-hosted, MIT-licensed, with agent team management, embedded or Postgres storage, and no vendor account required.
- Best for
- Teams that want a self-hosted control plane for their AI agents without sending agent activity to a third-party SaaS.
- Starting point
- Free and open source (MIT), self-hosted, no Paperclip account required.
- Free plan
- Yes — Free and open source (MIT), self-hosted - no Paperclip account required and no agents installed...
- Key limitation
- Self-hosted: you run the app and its database yourself.
Choose it if
Teams that want a self-hosted control plane for their AI agents without sending agent activity to a third-party SaaS.
Avoid it if
- Self-hosted: you run the app and its database yourself.
- Agent management tooling — it does not provide the agents or their model quota.
- Actively developed project; features and stability can change quickly.
Free-plan suitability
Free and open source (MIT), self-hosted - no Paperclip account required and no agents installed automatically; the cloud-hosted version is waitlist-based with no published pricing.
Where it fits
Teams that want a self-hosted control plane for their AI agents without sending agent activity to a third-party SaaS.
Pricing note
- Starting point
- Free and open source (MIT), self-hosted, no Paperclip account required.
- Free plan
- Yes — Free and open source (MIT), self-hosted - no Paperclip account required and no agents installed...
Free and open source (MIT), self-hosted, no Paperclip account required. Interactive setup walks through database configuration and creating the first agent team; run with the embedded database or your own Postgres. Check the official site for current details.
Verify the current plan, credits, output limits, and commercial terms before purchasing.
Is it legit?
Who is behind Paperclip, where it is based, and what is publicly known about its funding. Company details change — verify on the official site before committing.
- Company
- Paperclip (open source)
Free plan details
Free and open source (MIT), self-hosted - no Paperclip account required and no agents installed automatically; the cloud-hosted version is waitlist-based with no published pricing.
Trade-offs to check
- Self-hosted: you run the app and its database yourself.
- Agent management tooling — it does not provide the agents or their model quota.
- Actively developed project; features and stability can change quickly.
- Independent open-source project; not an official product of any listed provider.
What Paperclip does
- Open-source (MIT) self-hosted app to manage AI agents for work; one-command setup (npx paperclipai onboard) with embedded Postgres or your own database
- Agentic Task Manager: tasks with owners and review gates, proactive agent coworkers, auditable routines, and verification from diffs, screenshots, and tests
- Mixed human + agent org chart with roles, permissions, delegation, governance controls, and secrets scoped to the exact agent that needs them
- Agent Employee Training: Skill Studio for org-wide skills, evals and saved test runs, active learning loops, and performance reviews for agents
- Bring-your-own-agent runtime across providers (Claude, Codex, Hermes, etc.) with sandboxed execution, integrations and MCP servers, SSO/GRC/RBAC, and cost controls
- Budgets & costs tracking with per-task receipts; one deployment can run dozens of companies with complete data isolation; heartbeats keep agent work moving
Evaluation guide
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